'Tis Not Quantity

'Tis not quantity in literature but quality that counts something that I learned decades ago One of the few subjects on which I feel qualified to speak since I am one who ought to know As I am one who has written a whole heap of stuff though people like me are not rare I am not the only poetatser in the World of today of that fact I am all too aware Oh what I would give for to write just one poem a poem that would long outlive me Poetasters are many and poets they are few though with that some would disagree When I was a youngster and I worked in the fields I often daydreamed of literary renown In Spring when on trees and bushes nesting birds did sing near Millstreet my Duhallow Hometown But daydreams for many do never come true that's something one does come to know And I was an innocent country boy then and that was a long time ago In life you can only give it your best try and my best not quite good enough At least I do feel I gave it my best try I have written a whole heap of stuff 'Tis not quantity in literature but quality that counts and writers are born not made But every writer whether famous or not contributes to the Wordsmith trade.